Silicon Valley, trajectories and government policy -- Trajectories, competitive advantage and learning -- Industrial policy debates -- Policy options -- The early Asian model: building domestic businesses -- Capability building for a global economy: Singapore and Ireland -- Building global...

"For years, China's rapid economic transformation was hailed as a successful project that lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. However, in recent times, the Chinese narrative has taken a more negative turn in the eyes of the West. Much of this has to do with the US perception...

1. Introduction / Jason Begley [and others] -- 2. Creating local economic resilience : co-operation, innovation and firms' absorptive capacity / Jonathan Michie and Christine Oughton -- 3. Global economic crises and local fortunes : the case of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire / Rupert Waters and...